I apologize, but I'm going to be giving some spoilers for this one. If you haven't read the story, go read it right now. It's awesome!
"Jack of Blades" is about a guy named Xiro who wanders into a town taken over by Jack of Blades. Xiro is told he cannot leave because Jack doesn't want his whereabouts being revealed to the outside world. He then proceeds to accidentally kill two if Xiro's ten men (although the accident part is debatable. There was a line to the effect of "his hand no longer shook" which led me to believe Xiro may have just been pretending to be unskilled). In the wake of this, the villagers believe Xiro is a hero but he fervently denies it, claiming to be a no one.
Regardless of who Xiro is, his killings inevitably attract the attention of Jack. Xiro kills two more of Jack's men in an "accidental" fire (I wasn't really buying the accident part) and is then brought to Jack's mansion where he is supposed to provide sport by fighting (or as they believe, dying to) a balverine. After some incredibly bizarre stuff, Xiro manages to kill all of Jack's remaining men and reveals that "Jack" is an imposter He listens to "Jack's" reasoning and then kills him as well. The story never says exactly who Xiro is, but I thought it heavily implied that Xiro was the real Jack of Blades.
As I said, I don't know much about Jack of Blades, so I'm going to go play Fable 1 before looking into his character (having played 2 and 3, I'm pretty sure he must be from the first game). But regardless, I really enjoyed reading this story!
As a side note, I'm not going to read "Theresa" until I've played through the first game. I know she's originally from the first game so I want to play that before reading her tale.
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